Harvesting Torah

In every generation there is a small group of people to whom Hashem reveals the unique light of Torah which is necessary for that generation to fulfill its destiny. They harvest the fruit of Torah for their time by developing and disseminating new paradigms of understanding which speak to the souls of their contemporaries and infuse them with life. Others spend their time weeding out the evil in their generation, but harvesting the field is a much higher level. The others are merely fighting against what is wrong, but those who harvest the produce awaken a higher good, עשה דוחה לא תעשה.
Every season it is important to harvest the fruit that has grown in order to enable the tree to renew its energy to produce a new crop in the following year. If the fruits are not harvested they will stunt the growth of the fruits of the coming year. In the same manner, those who harvest the fruit of the generation, who tap into the unique teachings of Torah for a particular time, are not only shining a powerful beacon of light for their contemporaries, but they are clearing the path for new lights to shine for future times. We need to act as midwives to deliver the unique paradigms for our times so that we enable the gestation of new and deeper lights. This is the epitome of working with God.

Paraphrased from בראשית  322